David Sylvian Quotes

#1. I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

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#2. I'll go walking in circles
While doubting the very ground beneath me
Trying to show unquestioning faith in everything

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#3. I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

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#4. Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

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#5. Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

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#6. During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

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#7. It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

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#8. I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

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#9. People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.

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#10. I'm obsessed with books.

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#11. The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

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#12. Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

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